Dec 24, 2009

Salem on History | Burundi Commits Genocide of Hutu Majority

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Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Terrorism
Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Human Rights, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
Curriculum: African History
Geographical Location: Burundi
Date: May-August, 1972

Article abstract: The atrocities begun by the government of Burundi against its own citizens, the Hutu majority, were implicitly condoned by African statesmen and ignored by the outside world.

Summary of Event

The historical background to the Hutu people (also known as Bahutu) is important. Burundi achieved independence from Belgium in 1962. It had a population estimated at about 3.5 million in the 1970’s and a land area of slightly more than ten thousand square miles.

The original inhabitants of the area of modern-day Burundi were probably the...

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Salem on History | Burundi Commits Genocide of Hutu Majority

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Summary of Event

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